38th Oklahoma Legislature

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38th Oklahoma Legislature
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Leadership
Marvin York (D)
Term:
January 6, 1981-January 4, 1983
Composition:
Senate
36   12  
House
75   26  

The Thirty-eighth Oklahoma Legislature was a meeting of the legislative branch of the government of Oklahoma, composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives. It met in Oklahoma City from January 6 to July 20, 1981, from August 31 to September 4, 1981, and from January 5 to July 12, 1982, during the term of Governor George Nigh. [1] After the legislative council was eliminated in 1980, the Oklahoma House of Representatives added research and fiscal divisions. [1]

Contents

Marvin York served as President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate and Daniel Draper served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives. [1] Frank Keating served as the Minority leader of the Oklahoma Senate. Neal McCaleb served as the Minority leader of the Oklahoma House of Representatives. [1]

Dates of sessions

Previous: 37th Legislature • Next: 39th Legislature

Party composition

Senate

AffiliationParty
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
Democratic Republican
361248
Voting share75%25%

House of Representatives

AffiliationParty
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
Democratic Republican
7526101
Voting share74.3%25.7%

Leadership

Senate

Oklahoma City Democratic Senator Marvin York served as the President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate. Frank Keating served as the Republican Minority leader.

House of Representatives

Democratic Representative Daniel Draper served as the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives and Mike Murphy served as Speaker Pro Tempore. [1] Representative Neal McCaleb served as the Republican Minority leader of the Oklahoma House of Representatives. [1]

Members

Senate

DistrictNamePartyHometown
Lt-Gov Spencer Bernard Dem President
1 William Schuelein Dem Miami
2Bill CrutcherDem
3 Herb Rozell Dem Tahlequah
4Joe JohnsonDem
5Gerald DennisDem Antlers
6Roy BoatnerDem Durant
7 Gene Stipe Dem McAlester
8Robert MillerDem
9 John Luton Dem Muskogee
10John DahlDem Barnsdall
12John YoungDem Sapulpa
13James W. McDanielDem
14Ernest MartinDem Ardmore
15Bill BranchDem Norman
16Lee CateDemNorman
17John CliftonDem Shawnee
19 Norman Lamb Rep Enid
20William O'ConnorRep
21 Bernice Shedrick Dem Stillwater
22 Gideon Tinsley Dem
23Ray GilesDemPocasset
24Kenneth LandisDem
24 Herschal Crow Dem Altus
26 Gilmer Capps Dem Sayre
27Wayne WinnDem
29Jerry PierceRep
31Paul TaliaferroDem Lawton
32 Al Terrill DemLawton
33 Rodger Randle Dem Tulsa
34Robert V. CullisonDemTulsa
35Warren GreenRepTulsa
36Gene C. HowardDemTulsa
37Finis SmithDemTulsa
38 Frank Keating RepTulsa
39Jerry L. SmithRepTulsa
40Mike CombsRepOklahoma City
41 Phil Watson Rep Oklahoma City
42James HowellDem Midwest City
43Don KilpatrickDemOklahoma City
44Marvin YorkDemOklahoma City
45Ed MooreRepOklahoma City
46Bernest CainDemOklahoma City
47John R. McCuneRepOklahoma City
48E. Melvin PorterDemOklahoma City
49 Timothy D. Leonard RepOklahoma City
50Jeff JohnstonDem Seminole
52E. W. KellerRep Bethany
54Don CumminsDemOklahoma City

House of Representatives

NameDistrictPartyCounties
Mike Murphy1DemMcCurtain
Don Mentzer2DemSequoyah
Mick Thompson3DemLeFlore
William Willis4DemCherokee
Wiley Sparkman 5DemDelaware, Mayes, Ottawa
George Vaughn6DemCraig, Mayes, Nowata, Rogers
Joe Fitzgibbon7DemOttawa
J. D. Whorton8RepMayes, Rogers, Wagoner
Stratton Taylor 9DemRogers
A.C. Holden10DemOsage, Washington
Don Koppel11RepNowata, Washington
Bill Lancaster12DemMuskogee, Wagoner
Jim Barker13DemMuskogee
John Monks14DemMuskogee
Charles Peterson15DemHaskell, McIntosh, Muskogee
Frank Shurden16DemOkmulgee
"Red" Caldwell17DemLatimer, LeFlore, McCurtain, Pittsburg
Frank Harbin18DemPittsburg
Gary Sherrer19DemChoctaw, McCurtain, Pushmataha
Bob Trent20DemAtoka, Johnston, Pittsburg
Guy Gaylon Davis21DemBryan
Jack F. Kelly22DemCarter, Coal, Garvin, Murray, Pontotoc
Twyla Mason Gray 23DemTulsa, Wagoner
Bill Robinson24DemHughes, Okfuskee, Okmulgee
Lonnie Abbott25DemPontotoc
Robert Harlan Henry 26DemPottawatomie
Steve C. Lewis27DemCleveland, Pottawatomie
Enoch Kelly Haney 28DemOkfuskee, Seminole
Oval Cunningham29DemCreek
Benny Vanatta30DemCreek
Frank W. Davis 31RepLogan, Noble
Charlie Morgan32DemLincoln, Logan
Joe Manning33DemPayne
Daniel Draper 34DemPayne
Don Johnson35DemNoble, Osage, Pawnee, Payne
Don Anderson36DemOsage
James Holt37RepKay
Robert Milacek38RepAlfalfa, Grant, Kay
Steven Boeckman39RepAlfalfa, Blaine, Garfield, Kingfisher, Major
Homer Rieger 40RepGarfield
Bruce Harvey41RepGarfield
Don Garrison42DemGarvin, Grady
Donald Feddersen43DemCanadian
Cleta Deatherage 44DemCleveland
Cal Hobson 45DemCleveland
Jerry F. Smith46DemCleveland, McClain
Denver Talley47DemGrady
A Don Duke48DemCarter
Bill Brewster49DemCarter, Love, Marshall
JD Blodgett50RepStephens
Vernon Dunn51DemCotton, Jefferson, Stephens
Howard Cotner52DemJackson
Bob Harper53DemComanche, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman
Helen Cole 54RepCleveland
Harvey Weichel55DemCaddo, Kiowa, Washita
Tom Manar56DemCaddo
Bill Widener57DemBlaine, Custer
Lewis Kamas 58RepWoods, Woodward
Dr. Rollin D. Reimer59DemBlaine, Dewey, Ellis, Harper, Roger Mills, Woodward
Willie Rogers60DemBeckham, Greer, Harmon
Walter Hill61RepBeaver, Cimarron, Texas
Ken Harris62DemComanche
Marvin Baughman63DemComanche, Tillman
Butch Hooper64DemComanche
Jim Glover65DemComanche
Pete Riggs66DemTulsa
Joan Hastings 67RepTulsa
Robert Hopkins68DemTulsa
Nelson Little69RepTulsa
Penny Williams 70DemTulsa
Helen Arnold 71RepTulsa
Don McCorkle Jr.72DemTulsa
Bernard McIntyre73DemTulsa
Rodney Hargrave74DemTulsa
Alene Baker75DemRogers, Tulsa
James Allen Williamson 76RepTulsa
William Poulos77DemTulsa
Frank Pitezel78RepTulsa
Jim Henshaw79RepTulsa
Charles Ford 80RepTulsa
Neal McCaleb81RepOklahoma
George Osborne82RepOklahoma
Gean Atkinson83RepOklahoma
Bill Graves84RepOklahoma
George Camp85RepOklahoma
Rick Stahl86DemAdair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes
Sandy Sanders87DemOklahoma
Don Denman88DemOklahoma
Rebecca Hamilton 89DemOklahoma
Mike J. Lawter90DemOklahoma
Keith Leftwich91DemOklahoma
Jim Fried92DemOklahoma
Ben Brown93DemOklahoma
Fred Joiner 94DemOklahoma
David Craighead95DemOklahoma
Maxine Kincheloe96RepOklahoma
Kevin Cox97DemOklahoma
Thomas Duckett98DemCanadian, Grady, Oklahoma
Freddye Williams99DemOklahoma
Mike Fair100RepCanadian, Oklahoma
Carl Twidwell Jr.101 Dem Oklahoma

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 A Century to Remember Archived September 10, 2012, at the Wayback Machine , Okhouse.gov (accessed June 20, 2013)
  2. 2005 Oklahoma Almanac Archived 2006-02-18 at the Wayback Machine , Oklahoma Department of Libraries (accessed July 10, 2013)
  3. Historic Members Archived 2013-07-11 at the Wayback Machine , Okhouse.gov (accessed June 20, 2013)